Yeah, it was clearly stated in the report.
Here comes Kobe's inconsistency. Kobe was first complaining about the lack of support from his teammates and asked and demanded the Lakers to send someone in. The Jermaine O'Neal and Jason Kidd deals foiled and just died down, and it's enough reason for Kobe to continue on complaining, ranting, and whining or better yet get out of LA. Now Kobe's got the chance to play for a legitimate playoffs and a possible title contender with Chicago. And now he wants to play alongside Loul Deng specifically? He's going too far.
If he wants to play for a good or better team compared to the Lakers, Chicago without Deng, Wallace, and Thomas is a good place for him, Kobe can turn a team around by himself. But wanting a single player to play along with him, that's his ego and selfish motives flaring once again. He's got to know his limits.
His attitude might be the one to bring him down and will cut short his career. Latrell Sprewell already took that route.